Monday, April 13, 2009

Whaling: Japan slaughters 680 whales

Japan's whaling catch in its latest Antarctic hunt fell far short of its target after disruptions by anti-whaling activists, the Fisheries Agency said on Monday.

Japanese whalers slaughtered 679 minke whales despite plans to catch about 850. It caught just one fin whale compared with a target of 50 in the hunt that began in November.

A Fisheries Agency official said ships could not carry out whaling for a total of 16 days because of bad weather and skirmishes with the activists.
Published by Mike Hitchen, Mike Hitchen Consulting
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